CVE-2013-7108
MediumPublic exploitnagios3 - security update
Published Dec 24, 2018 · Updated Mar 9, 2026 · Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7108, DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7205, DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1878, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9566, DLA-1615-1, DLA-60-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7108, USN-3253-1
Key Facts
Patch immediately- CVE-2013-7108 is a medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5 v2) affecting Icinga, Nagios, nagios3 (debian) and 17 more products.
- It is not listed in any known-exploited vulnerabilities catalog. Public exploit code is available.
- EPSS estimates a 62% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
- Fixed versions are available, including Icinga 1.0.2-2+squeeze2, Icinga 1.13.3-2.4, Icinga 1.7.1-7.
- Brandefense priority: patch immediately, because it is very likely to be exploited soon.
CVSS v2
5.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P
EPSS (30-day exploit likelihood)
62%
Higher than 99.1% of all scored CVEs
Exploited in the wild
No known
Not in a known-exploited catalog
Public exploit code
Available
Proof-of-concept or weaponized module
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Description
Multiple off-by-one errors in Nagios Core 3.5.1, 4.0.2, and earlier, and Icinga before 1.8.5, 1.9 before 1.9.4, and 1.10 before 1.10.2 allow remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in the last key value in the variable list to the process_cgivars function in (1) avail.c, (2) cmd.c, (3) config.c, (4) extinfo.c, (5) histogram.c, (6) notifications.c, (7) outages.c, (8) status.c, (9) statusmap.c, (10) summary.c, and (11) trends.c in cgi/, which triggers a heap-based buffer over-read.
Affected Products
96 affected entries in total| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| IcingaIcinga | 0.8.0, 0.8.1, 0.8.2, 0.8.3, 0.8.4, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 | 1.8.4 |
| NagiosNagios | 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.0-alpha1 | 4.0.2 |
| nagios3debian | See advisory | 3.5.1.dfsg-2+deb8u1 |
| nagios-commonamazon | See advisory | 3.5.1-2.10.amzn1 |
| nagios-develamazon | See advisory | 3.5.1-2.10.amzn1 |
Patched Releases
Icinga
1.0.2-2+squeeze2, 1.13.3-2.4, 1.7.1-7, 1.8.4
icinga-devel
1.13.3-2.4
icinga-doc
1.13.3-2.4
icinga-idoutils
1.13.3-2.4
icinga-idoutils-mysql
1.13.3-2.4
icinga-idoutils-oracle
1.13.3-2.4
icinga-idoutils-pgsql
1.13.3-2.4
icinga-plugins-downtimes
1.13.3-2.4
icinga-plugins-eventhandlers
1.13.3-2.4
icinga-www
1.13.3-2.4
icinga-www-config
1.13.3-2.4
monitoring-tools
1.13.3-2.4
Nagios
3.5.1-2.10.amzn1, 4.4.6-2.5, 4.0.2
nagios-common
3.5.1-2.10.amzn1
nagios-contrib
4.4.6-2.5
nagios-devel
3.5.1-2.10.amzn1, 4.4.6-2.5
nagios-theme-exfoliation
4.4.6-2.5
nagios-www
4.4.6-2.5
nagios-www-dch
4.4.6-2.5
nagios3
3.5.1-1ubuntu1.1, 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1, 3.5.1.dfsg-2+deb8u1
Timeline
Publicly disclosed
Dec 24, 2018
Last updated
Mar 9, 2026
Weakness Type
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
- CWE-193 Off-by-one Error
References
- advisoryhttps://dev.icinga.org/issues/5251
- advisory55976
- advisory56316
- advisoryhttps://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7108
- advisoryhttps://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7205
FAQ
Common Questions.
Multiple off-by-one errors in Nagios Core 3.5.1, 4.0.2, and earlier, and Icinga before 1.8.5, 1.9 before 1.9.4, and 1.10 before 1.10.2 allow remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in the last key value in the variable list t…
Affected: Icinga versions 0.8.0, 0.8.1, 0.8.2, 0.8.3, 0.8.4, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2; Nagios versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.0-alpha1; nagios3 (debian), among others. The full list is in the CVE brief.
It is not listed in any known-exploited vulnerabilities catalog.
No, it is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Public exploit code is available.
Fixed versions are available, including Icinga 1.0.2-2+squeeze2, Icinga 1.13.3-2.4, Icinga 1.7.1-7.
Brandefense priority: patch immediately, because it is very likely to be exploited soon.
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